#A89FBF#A89FBF

#A89FBF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.047 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89FBF
RGB	rgb(168, 159, 191)
HSL	hsl(257, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(257, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 16.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, 9.60, -15.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 18.04, 302.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% 0.0221 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.047 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9487, 36.8826, 54.3999)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89FBF #B6BF9F

analogous

#9FA6BF #A89FBF #B89FBF

triadic

#A89FBF #BFA89F #9FBFA8

tetradic

#A89FBF #BF9FA6 #B6BF9F #9FBFB8

square

#A89FBF #BF9FA6 #B6BF9F #9FBFB8

split-complementary

#A89FBF #BFB89F #A6BF9F

monochromatic

#685B89 #877AA7 #A89FBF #C9C4D7 #EBE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A89FBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#A89FBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89FBF

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89FBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89FBF	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89fbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 159, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.047 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bbd2',
    500: '#a89fbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89fbf;
$custom-light: #c2bbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89fbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.875,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72077,
    "c": 0.04688,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89FBF

secondary

#DFE2D8

accent

#9E4786

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89FBF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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